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This Scoping Review was developed based on the structure proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute and emerges within the scope of the project: Intercultural Mediators in health units - MeiOS - Intercultural Mediation and Outcomes in Health. The initial question was: How are the experiences of motherhood of migrant women characterized? As objectives of the research it is defined: 'Identify scientific evidence in the theme of the selected question' and 'Understand maternity experiences in migrant women'. In the research, two databases were used for the selection of articles, namely PubMed and ProQuest, in which two articles were selected that contributed to the research question. Based on the evidence researched, it was concluded that migrant women in maternity have diverse experiences that are influenced by health professionals, as such they must acquire cultural skills to provide individualized and humanized care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Immigrant care provides nurses with a new way to look at themselves and those they care for. According to Leininger and Meleis, the interaction between them underlies the development of cultural competencies in nurses and a balanced experience of transition processes in immigrants. Objectives: To study the process of building cultural competencies in nurses based on the identification of the meanings assigned in dyads in health care settings (family health units and immigrants’ households). Methodology: This qualitative and ethnographic study mobilised the researcher to be present in loco with the participants. Data were collected using narratives, participant observation, ethno- -biographical interviews and focus groups with a group of volunteers selected from health care units: 23 nurses, 27 immigrants and 2 privileged informants (a cultural mediator and a physician). Results: In health care contexts, nurses’ cultural competencies are built in a procedural way. This process begins with their interaction with immigrants; nurses then identify deficit areas in their cultural knowledge and skills; and recognise the bilateral cultural heritage during those meetings. Conclusion: In nurses’ clinical practice, cultural awareness, combined with the motivation to take care of immigrants, is based on an evolutionary basis, from ethnocentrism to ethnic relativism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: to describe the health care seeking behavior and perceptions relating to the use of health services of women immigrants residing in Portugal. Methods: in 2009 a cross-sectional study was carried out in the metropolitan area of Lisbon, in which a questionnaire was applied to a sample of 703 women immigrants. The questionnaire included items relating to social and demographic characteristics and the health care seeking behavior and perceptions of the participants regarding the use of services. A descriptive analysis of the variables under study was carried Results: most participants (82.4%) reported that they had already used the National Health Service (SNS), although this response was more frequent among Africans (94.5%) and East Europeans (87.2%) than among Brazilians (66.8%). Around 60% of respondents reported that they were satisfied or highly satisfied with the service, with the Africans responding in this manner more frequently (77%) than the Brazilians (49.7%) and East Europeans (43.4%). The groups of participants point to various obstacles to the use of health services, including issues related their status as immigrants, interaction with health professionals and the services provided. Conclusions: differences in the perceptions of immigrant groups regarding health services and professionals reflect the importance of developing evaluative practices that identify where intervention is needed. Knowing this would make it possible to better adapt the health care provided to specific immigrant groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: to describe the health care seeking behavior and perceptions relating to the use of health services of women immigrants residing in Portugal. Methods: in 2009 a cross-sectional study was carried out in the metropolitan area of Lisbon, in which a questionnaire was applied to a sample of 703 women immigrants. The questionnaire included items relating to social and demographic characteristics and the health care seeking behavior and perceptions of the participants regarding the use of services. A descriptive analysis of the variables under study was carried out. Results: most participants (82.4%) reported that they had already used the National Health Service (SNS), although this response was more frequent among Africans (94.5%) and East Europeans (87.2%) than among Brazilians (66.8%). Around 60% of respondents reported that they were satisfied or highly satisfied with the service, with the Africans responding in this manner more frequently (77%) than the Brazilians (49.7%) and East Europeans (43.4%). The groups of participants point to various obstacles to the use of health services, including issues related their status as immigrants, interaction with health professionals and the services provided. Conclusions: differences in the perceptions of immigrant groups regarding health services and professionals reflect the importance of developing evaluative practices that identify where intervention is needed. Knowing this would make it possible to better adapt the health care provided to specific immigrant groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]